Holder for straining-funnels.



P. T. PITLICK.v

HOLDER FOR STRAINING FUNNELS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE3U. 191s.

Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

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PAUL T. PITLICK, 0F OKOBOJO, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HOLDER FOR STBAINING-FUNNELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29 1919 Application filed June 30, 1915. Serial No. 37,2se.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL T. PITLICK, a citizen of the United States, residin at Okobojo, in the county of Sully and tate of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Holder for straining-Funnels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved holder for a straining funnel, and it has for its object to provide an improved holder of this nature, designed particularly for holding a straining funnel (which is of a smaller diameter than the receptacle with which it is to be used) spaced substantially centrally of the receptacle, into which the material is to be strained.

One of the features of the invention is the provision of a split ring, the adjacent ends of which are coiled about one another, and in between the coils a loop is formed, to which a coil spring may be connected, which in turn has a hook to engage the side of the receptacle, in combination with a pair of eyes formed from the ring at equal. dis tances from each other and to which eyes hooks are connected to connect to the edge of the receptacle, or to connect into eyes on the receptacle, as shown in the drawings, for holding the straining funnel.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the holder as c pplied to a receptacle for supporting a funnel thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the hooked end of one of the hooks in position on the bead of the receptacle.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the improved holder, which consists of a ring 2 formed from a single length of wire, which is provided with the eyes 3 formed The severed end portion 4 is bent to form an ofiset loop 5, and the extreme end portion of the coiled at 6 about the end portion 7 of the wire ring. The extreme part of the end portion 7 is coiled at 8 about the end portion 4. Connected to the loop 5 is the end 9 of the coil spring 10, and the coils 6 and 8 together with the end portion 7 prevents excessive displacement of the end 9 of the coil spring. The end 11 of the coil spring is connected to the ring 12, which may receive the finger of an operator in attaching the hook portion 13 of the ring 12 over the side of a suitable receptacle 14, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The ring 12 is formed from a single length of wire, and the end portion 14 thereof eX- tends into the coil spring to prevent displacement of the ring, whereas the other end ortion of the wire forms the hook 13. onnected to the eyes 3 are the eyes 15 of the hooks 16, one of which, as shown in Fig. 1, engages the eye 17 of the receptacle 14. The other hook 16 and the hook 13 being adapted to engage a bead on the upper edge of the receptacle, two of the hooks being provided with bulged portions 18 for engaging said bead, as shown at 19, however the bulged portion 18 of the eye engaging hook being adapted to engage the eye, thereby preventing the hooked end from coming out of the eye when the strainer holder is in position on the receptacle.

en it is desired to strain material into a receptacle (which may be larger in diameter than the straining tunnel) this holder constitutes an eflicient, practical anddesirable device for supporting the straining funnel.

I claim:

In a holder for a straining funnel, a funnel receiving and supporting ring having a plurality of eyes equally spaced from each other, said ring being constructed from a single length of spring wire, the ends of said wire being so connected as to form one of said equally spaced eyes, a pair of hooks connected to two of the eyes and extending radially from the ring, one of said pair of hooks having its hooked end disposed at a right angle to the ring and adapted to engage the upper edge of the receptacle, the other hook having its hooked end in a horizontal plane and adapted to engage a member on the upper edge of the receptacle so as severed end is to prevent concentric movement of the ring, a spring having one of its ends connected to the eye formed by the ends of the ring Wire and a receptacle engaging hook connected to the other end of the spring adapted to engage the upper edge of the receptacle for maintaining the ring concentrically suspended in the upper end of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 10 two subscribing wltnesses.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

